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Python GUIs: Abandoning TkInter and welcoming wxPython?

Al Christians Al.Christians at p98.f112.n480.z2.fidonet.org
Thu Jul 1 01:48:48 EDT 1999 
From: Al Christians <achrist at easystreet.com>

I looked at Fox and put it aside because I need a grid control.
wxPython seems to be the winner for Windows in that category, even
though the grid is pretty minimal.

Any other candidates with a grid?

Al




Lyle Johnson wrote:
> 
> I've already worked up the binary distribution of FXPy for Windows; I just
> forgot to mention it in the previous post. The binary installer can be found
> at:
> 
>     ftp://ftp.cfdrc.com/pub/FOX/FXPy-0.99.42-win32.exe
> 
> I haven't worked up a binary distribution of the (C++) FOX distribution
> itself, primarily because it changes most every day :) But that is in the
> plans as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lyle
> 
> Mikael Lyngvig wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:07:51 -0500, Lyle Johnson <jlj at cfdrc.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Just to add fuel to the fire, we now have a Python interface to FOX, a
> > >cross-platform GUI toolkit:
> > >
> > >    http://www.cfdrc.com/pub/FOX/fox.html
> > >
> > >The latest version of the Python wrappers can be picked up at:
> > >
> > >    ftp://ftp.cfdrc.com/pub/FOX/FXPy-0.99.42.tar.gz
> > >
> > >I don't know how the speed of FXPy would compare with some of the others
> > >mentioned (Tk, wxWindows, Qt, GTK, ...) but it would be worthwhile for
> > >some independent opinions.
> >
> > I'm downloading it now.  The http URL is wrong, it should be
> > http://www.cfdrc.com/FOX/fox.html.
> >
> > The presentation seems promising, but I'd like to suggest a binary
> > distribution for PC/Intel computers.  I know this is not common for
> > Unix distributions, but it's the norm for PCs.
> >
> > -- Mikael
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